4-48 Night Feast. Pauline lamp

Song Yingxing officially took charge of the Ministry of Industry, and according to Liu Ziguang's deployment, he didn't treat Qi Dian as well, and the unpleasant thing of everyone sitting together drinking a cup of tea was over. Qi Dian mobilized the silver of the Ministry of Labor and craftsmen to make lanterns for the palace, but Song Yingxing did not interfere, but opened the door of convenience, asked for money, asked for release, and vigorously supported. For this reason, Qi Zhenming also came to the door to thank Liu Ziguang, and vigorously praised Zhen Wubo and Song Shangshu for their broad-mindedness regardless of their previous suspicions, how did he know that Liu Ziguang asked Song Yingxing to condone Qi Dian to make lanterns, using a strategy of killing people with a knife......

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is pleasant, the palace is lit up, the palace maids and little eunuchs wearing bright clothes are shuttling back and forth, arranging the banquet of the moon viewing party, and many courtiers have been invited, with their own Mrs. Order, wearing dresses to the Qianqing Palace for a banquet.

The temperature of the Mid-Autumn Festival is moderate, it is suitable for outdoor moon viewing, the banquet is placed in the open space in front of the Qianqing Palace, and the Nanmu table is full of the delicacies carefully cooked in the imperial dining room, the big crab with yellow orange and orange, the moon cakes of various fancy and traps, as well as the thick and sweet osmanthus wine, the refreshing daughter red, and other kinds of delicacies, all of which are the best goods to pay tribute from all over the world.

This is another large-scale gathering after the emperor's wedding, as the minister of the guard, Liu Ziguang shoulders the heavy responsibility of security and security, and does not dare to slack off, now the overall situation of the capital has been decided, a mutiny of decent scale is no longer possible, the soldiers are in the hands of Yuan Chonghuan and Xu Zengshou respectively, without him signing the order at the same time, any transfer of more than 100 troops is a rebellion. And these two people are new magnates, and there is absolutely no possibility of rebellion.

A large-scale military coup is impossible to happen, so you have to beware of assassins, although the eunuch party has been exterminated, but there are not a few fish that have slipped through the net, who can guarantee that which crazy martial arts master will not sneak into the palace on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival to make trouble, with Liu Ziguang's personal escort, the success rate of assassinating the emperor is very low, but it is not good to stab anyone present, it is a dereliction of duty on his part as the minister of the guard.

In the past, it was the internal exercise that was responsible for the security of the harem.,Now this group of people has been matched with Shandong.,The new internal guards are composed of red shirts.、General Han、Yulinwei's men and horses.,Everyone lacks experience in this area.,Fortunately, there are detailed procedures left by the internal exercise can be referenced.,Draw a gourd in the same way.,The guards in charge of the honor guard are wearing cardboard armor.,Standing on both sides of the royal road with axes in hand.,The other guards are a water flying fish suit.、Embroidered spring knives on the left.,The right fish suit bag is filled with a small hand crossbow.,And with a bazooka on his back, Guards in iron armor hide in the house and stand by at any time, ready to extinguish any unexpected incident.

It's not that Liu Ziguang is making a big fuss, but he faintly feels that something is wrong, but he can't say the reason, so it's better to take precautions. It never hurts to be careful.

A few sweeping eunuchs who did rough work walked slowly from under the corridor in the distance with hoes, "Ask them what they are doing?" Liu Ziguang instructed the guards around him.

"Stop!" The guards shouted to stop the eunuchs, then ran over and asked a few words, and then came back to tell Liu Ziguang: "My lord, it was the imperial dining room that sent these people to dig and bury the osmanthus wine under the osmanthus tree in the imperial garden for many years. ”

"That's right, let them go." Liu Ziguang felt that he was really a little suspicious, and any disturbance could attract his attention, but then again, the physique of those eunuchs just now was really good, and they had a fight with the soldiers of the red-shirted regiment with big shoulders and round waists.

"Go and check for me the details of those eunuchs, when they entered the imperial dining room, and what they used to do." Liu Ziguang stared at the distant backs of several eunuchs, looking like a suspicious spy leader.

As soon as this order was passed down, a little eunuch ran over and said that the emperor invited Lord Liu to go to the Qianqing Palace to watch the lanterns.

The show was about to be staged, Liu Ziguang smiled reservedly and followed the little eunuch.

The dinner has not officially begun, in the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youxiao is appreciating the various gifts offered by the ministers, and now on the main hall is the ninety-nine exhibition of eight treasures of purple gold lotus glass lamps presented by the Ministry of Works, the eight treasures of the purple gold lotus glass lamp, these lamps and lanterns are made of rosewood as a bracket, the following candlestick is cast into a lotus shape with copper, the upper purple gold, the lampshade is made of transparent glass, and the characters such as Chang'e running to the moon and Wu Gang cutting down trees are painted on it, and the characters are lifelike, and the outside of the glass lampshade is covered with light yarn of different colors. The light yarn is carefully embroidered with silk threads such as the Moon Palace, landscapes, and other scenes, the glass cover is round, the sand cover is a square made of silver wire, each sand cover has four scenes, and the characters on the glass cover form a picture of different moods, which is really exquisite.

The ministers present were amazed, in the end, there are many talents in the Ministry of Industry, and such exquisite things are only qualified to be owned by the royal family, listening to everyone's praise, Qi Dian couldn't help but glance at his eldest brother Qi Zhenming proudly, the latter cast a satisfied look, and even the corners of Qian Qianyi's mouth smiled, with these ninety-nine Baolian lamps, Qi Dian's position as a servant can be regarded as sitting firmly.

Zhu Youxiao stared at the ninety-nine Baolian lanterns, and didn't speak for a long time, as if he was looking for something, Liu Ziguang knew that the emperor was figuring out: where is the power supply and switch of the Baolian lantern.

After watching this day, Zhu Youxiao still gave up this effort, and there was no place for the battery to be installed on the Baolian lamp, nor was there any sign of installing an advanced light device.

"Qi Qing, you cover up how to light it up for me."

"Obey" Qi Dian happily opened a paper package, took out two dragons' big red candles and placed them on the candlestick, and then took out a match and lit it, with the lighting of the candle, a fragrance spread in the hall, and the knowledgeable minister shrugged his nose and said: "It's ambergris." ”

It is indeed ambergris, Qi Dian is even more proud, this kind of candle is added to ambergris in the pouring process, so it will be fragrant, he is very proud of his whimsy, many years of work experience in the manufacturing department is not given in vain, Qi Dian looked around and bowed his hand: "My lord has won the award, I have won the award." But he didn't notice Zhu Youxiao's increasingly cold face at all.

"What an eight-treasure purple gold lotus glass lamp, who came up with this idea? The ministry has a share, right? Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, although Song Shangshu has not been in charge of the Ministry of Industry for a long time....well, he has also given a lot of guidance to the ministers, and this has half of Song Shangshu's credit." Qi Dian said, and everyone present could hear what he meant: This is all the credit of me alone, nothing else.

"The old minister has no involvement in the skills of carving and painting, and he can't talk about guidance, which is all the credit of Lord Qi alone." Song Yingxing hurriedly broke up with him. Qi Dian thought that Song Yingxing's noble style would not compete with him, so he specially handed over a grateful look.

"How much silver does it cost to spend so many treasure lamps?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Dedicated to Your Majesty, the ministers naturally dare not slack off, the raw material of each lamp is five hundred and fifty taels of silver, the handwork is eighty taels of silver, each candle is one tael or four dollars of silver, ninety-nine Baolian lamps plus one thousand ambergris candles, a total cost of sixty-six thousand six hundred and sixty-six taels of silver. Compared with last year's Shangyuan Festival ....." Qi Dian explained endlessly, and it could be seen that he had been prepared, and even made the total price into a number of six, and he spent a lot of thought on this matter.

The ministers nodded their heads while listening: "Lord Qi really spends a little money to do big things, the cost of such a treasure lamp is only a few hundred taels of silver, and the cost control is really good." But no one noticed that the emperor's face had turned iron blue.

With a "snap", Zhu Youxiao's palm slapped heavily on the armrest of the dragon chair, "I spent 60,000 taels of silver to let you light the lamp to play?!" ”

The important minister was startled, and the Qianqing Palace immediately calmed down, only to hear Zhu Youxiao's immature young voice still roaring: "Manchu, Western Xia, Taiwan, I don't have money to fight, it turns out that the silver has been used by you to light the lamp!" A lamp costs more than 600 taels of silver, do you know how much the lanterns on the top of the Qing Palace are in total? Three hundred taels of silver!! It's also cheap.... Come on, burn all these lamps for me! ”

"The emperor is angry...."All the important ministers knelt down, no one knew why the little emperor was suddenly angry, although the Ming Dynasty was not as rich as before, but the royal palace lamps cost tens of thousands of taels of silver each is not very luxurious, only Liu Ziguang knows why Zhu Youxiao is angry, people are not good at all, if Qi Dian is a lamp made of advanced technology, let alone 60,000 taels, even 160,000 taels, he will not be angry, but Qi Dian spent a lot of silver to get such a non-innovative thing, Candles are lit in the glass cover, each lamp is more than 600 taels, and the emperor is really wronged, Liu Ziguang's electric lamp is only 300 taels of silver in total, and even the unit price of the Baolian lamp is less, and the light bulbs are pumped into a vacuum, and the wire is also a silver wire with the latest wire drawing technology, Zhu Youxiao is an expert in the manufacturing industry, and the price of raw materials and processes is difficult to hide from him.

"The emperor, please stop the wrath of the thunder" Liu Ziguang also persuaded him, "My emperor cares about the society of the country and the mountains, and is not addicted to the sound of dogs and horses. How to say these Baolian lamps are also a piece of the mind of the Qi people, but also made with the taxes of the people, it is a pity to burn it so much, I think it is better to discount it to the adults, just now the adults did not praise the Baolian lamp cheap? ”

"What Liu Aiqing said is very agreeable, according to what Aiqing said, everyone should take two lamps back, and the price will be deducted from everyone's money." Zhu Youxiao thought about it and thought that this method was good, so he happily agreed.

"Your Majesty." The ministers breathed a sigh of relief, the imperial banquet was not eaten, and they first spent a thousand to get two lamps for two silver and went home, what kind of thing is this, this lamp is worth two hundred taels of silver at most, it seems that this Qi Dian has not made a lot of money from it, fortunately, the silver is not much, and the flowers are spent, which is better than the emperor tyrannizing the heavens and burning these lamps in public.

Even if the stubble of the Baolian lamp is over, the minister who did not give the gift continues to give gifts, but when the emperor who cares about the price asks about the price, he always has to say one less number, leaving only the face of Qi Dian shrunk behind the crowd, although the emperor did not do his crime, but the position of the waiter is in vain, poking such a big basket, who dares to protect him, he can't hide. Even his cousin Qi Zhenming pretended not to know him,

At the end of the treasure offering, the emperor moved to the front of the palace to enjoy the moon and drink with everyone, and the queen also held a moon appreciation and chrysanthemum tasting meeting in front of the Kunning Palace and the ladies of the decree, the whole palace was shrouded in a happy and peaceful atmosphere, and the transformed light bulb flashed and blinked on the eaves of the palace, like the morning star in the sky....

"Go to the water~~" A shrill scream broke the harmonious atmosphere, everyone looked up, only to see billowing smoke rising from the direction of the West Sixth Palace, followed by a chaotic gong, a large number of eunuchs with knives and guns appeared from all directions.

"Protect the Emperor!" Liu Ziguang was the first to react, the musket and the saber shot at the same time, aren't the internal exercises all matched with Shandong? How can there still be so many armed eunuchs.